EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.0 INTRODUCTION the Project Is the “Proposed Development of Scheduled Waste to Energy (SWTE) Plant at Kuali
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DETAILED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (DEIA) Proposed Development of Scheduled Waste to Energy (SWTE) Plant at Kualiti Alam Waste Management Centre, Bukit Pelandok, Negeri Sembilan. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.0 INTRODUCTION The project is the “Proposed Development of Scheduled Waste to Energy (SWTE) Plant at Kualiti Alam Waste Management Centre, Bukit Pelandok, Negeri Sembilan”. Kualiti Alam Sdn. Bhd. (KA) (“Project Proponent”), a Cenviro company, an investee company of Khazanah Nasional Berhad, is currently operating a waste management centre (KA WMC) at Ladang Tanah Merah, A3 Division, 71960 Bukit Pelandok, Negeri Sembilan. The KA WMC in Negeri Sembilan owns and operates the only integrated toxic and hazardous (scheduled) waste management centre in Malaysia. KA WMC is licensed to treat and disposed of all categories of waste code except for waste from manufacturing or processing or use of explosives. KA has two (2) existing thermal treatment plants designated as main incinerator (INC1) and KA modularized incinerator (INC4). The INC1 is currently operating at 100 MT/day of hazardous wastes while INC4 with a nominal capacity of 33 MT/day. Based on the previous and vast experience on successfully operating waste treatment facilities, KA now wishes to treat its scheduled wastes inclusive of clinical waste in the proposed Scheduled Waste to Energy (SWTE) plant, which has a nominal capacity of 100 MT/day. Unlike the current thermal treatment plants, the proposed SWTE plant has been designed to dispose of scheduled waste as the primary objective, and to generate energy as the secondary objective. Report No: AMR.2015.KA.DEIA.SWTE Executive Summary l ES-1 DETAILED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (DEIA) Proposed Development of Scheduled Waste to Energy (SWTE) Plant at Kualiti Alam Waste Management Centre, Bukit Pelandok, Negeri Sembilan. 1.1 Project Proponent KA is the Project Proponent for this DEIA. The correspondence address together with the telephone and facsimile number of the person to whom enquiries concerning the DEIA is indicated as below: Address : Kualiti Alam Sdn. Bhd. Waste Management Centre, Ladang Tanah Merah, A3 Division, 71960 Bukit Pelandok, Negeri Sembilan. Tel. No. : 6(06) 666 2000 Fax No. : 6(06) 666 2130 Website : www.kualitialam.com Contact Person : Mr. Idris Sulaiman (Head, Operations) Email : [email protected] This DEIA study was carried out by AMR Environmental Sdn. Bhd. The correspondence details and contact person for the comprehensive EIA consultants are as follows: Address : AMR Environmental Sdn. Bhd. AMR Group Building, 29 & 29A, Jalan Pulai Perdana 11, Taman Sri Pulai Perdana, 81110 Skudai, Johor Darul Takzim. Tel. No. : 6(07) 520 8334 Fax No. : 6(07) 520 8554 Website : www.amr.com.my Contact Person : Mr. Ammar Mohd Rashid (Managing Director) Email : [email protected] Report No: AMR.2015.KA.DEIA.SWTE Executive Summary l ES-2 DETAILED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (DEIA) Proposed Development of Scheduled Waste to Energy (SWTE) Plant at Kualiti Alam Waste Management Centre, Bukit Pelandok, Negeri Sembilan. 1.2 Requirements The construction of a thermal treatment facility is a Prescribed Activity under Item 14 (a) (i) of the Second Schedule, of the Environmental Quality (Prescribed Activities) (Environmental Impact Assessment) Order, 2015 made under Subsection 34A (1) of the Environmental Quality Act 1974 [Act 127], as follows:- 14. WASTE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL (a) Scheduled Waste (i) Construction of Thermal Treatment Plant Hence, a Detailed Environmental Impact Assessment (DEIA) is required to be conducted for this project and the EIA report to be submitted and approved by the Director General before any development can take place [Section 34A (1), Environmental Quality Act (Act 127), 1974]. In this connection, the requirement on the preparation of the DEIA has been stipulated by the Department of Environment to the management of KA. To meet the DOE’s requirement for the proposed project, KA has appointed AMR Environmental Sdn. Bhd., a registered environmental consulting firm to conduct the DEIA study. 1.3 Statement of Need Scheduled waste such as spent solvent and oil have significant value as the alternative energy resources through “waste to energy” (WTE) principle in reducing cost of waste disposal. The proposed SWTE plant implements a green technology concept comprising scheduled waste disposal and energy regeneration reducing carbon foot print as part of Department of Environment (DOE) requirements and initiatives. In addition, the proposed 100 MT/day of the SWTE plant guarantees to comply with the Environmental Quality (Clean Air) Regulations 2014. This project also emphasizes more on the environmental conservation strategy in minimising the greenhouse gas emissions which has direct impact on the climate change. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) recommends WTE plant as a power source which has less environmental impact compared to almost any other source of electricity. The proposed SWTE plant will not only treat the existing waste backlog but also to support future treatment demand. In addition, SWTE plant will be built to replace two (2) containerized based thermal treatment plant, designated as INC2 and INC3 which have been fully decommissioned due to aging that led to the deterioration of plant’s performance, high maintenance and operational cost. Report No: AMR.2015.KA.DEIA.SWTE Executive Summary l ES-3 DETAILED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (DEIA) Proposed Development of Scheduled Waste to Energy (SWTE) Plant at Kualiti Alam Waste Management Centre, Bukit Pelandok, Negeri Sembilan. The existing thermal treatment plants i.e. INC1 and INC4 have the treatment capacity of 100 and 33 MT/day, respectively. Both plants are designed to treat halogenated and non- halogenated organic wastes and solvents, pesticide wastes, mineral oil wastes and combustible miscellaneous material including clinical wastes. With an incoming waste of approximately 160 MT/day, the existing thermal treatment plants (INC1 and INC4) are nearly reaching their respective maximum treatment capacity. Thus, the continuous growth in the generation of scheduled waste, the proposed SWTE plant is critically required to treat backlog problems facing by the existing thermal treatment facility. The main thermal treatment plant i.e. INC1, is a rotary kiln type unit fitted with a heat recovery system (i.e. waste heat boiler), and a combination of dry and wet gas scrubber system. However, the existing INC1 has been in operation for nearly 15 years and will soon require a major overhaul. In order to avoid any backlog during the maintenance period of INC1, a new thermal treatment plant will have to be commissioned prior to the overhaul work. Currently, INC1 experiences a number of unscheduled shutdowns due to wear and tear of the plant equipment. In the view of current situation of the INC1 and the increase in the generation of scheduled and clinical wastes to be treated, KA intends to perform a comprehensive inspection and major refurbishment on INC1 since it has served as the main thermal treatment plant in the WMC site for more than 15 years. As part of refurbishment plan, KA proposed to upgrade the air pollution control (APC) system of INC1 which in future will continue to meet and comply with the DOE’s Clean Air Regulations 2014 standard. These activities will only take place once the SWTE plant has been commissioned and achieved its stable operating condition. The need for alternative thermal treatment facility to cater the current and any incoming waste backlog due to the refurbishment of INC1 is deemed necessary. The proposed development of SWTE plant is targeted to cater for the existing and incoming waste to be treated constantly at WMC without any interruption. The average annual period for shutdown and maintenance works for INC1 is normally 32 days but the major refurbishment is expected to take much longer. Thus in this case, the proposed SWTE plant is needed as an alternative thermal treatment unit for ensuring the smooth flow of future operations. Figure E1 presents the current capacity of waste received and treated by the thermal treatment plant which showed that there is an increment in the number of waste received per year compared to the previous years. Report No: AMR.2015.KA.DEIA.SWTE Executive Summary l ES-4 DETAILED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (DEIA) Proposed Development of Scheduled Waste to Energy (SWTE) Plant at Kualiti Alam Waste Management Centre, Bukit Pelandok, Negeri Sembilan. Total Yearly Waste Received for Thermal Treatment Plant 60,000 48,819 50,000 46,146 46,320 39,425 38,394 35,981 40,069 40,000 34,991 34,607 33,108 32,448 33,929 29,030 28,933 28,675 30,000 19,826 20,000 10,000 - Amount Waste Received(MT) Amount of 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Year Figure E1: Trends of Scheduled Waste Received by Thermal Treatment Plants The proposed project will provide an extra benefit in terms of renewable energy generation which will be utilized to offset the WMC’s internal electricity consumption approximately 24,000,000 kW/year. The initiative of the proposed SWTE plant is to generate electricity and at the same time to reduce the environmental impacts on greenhouse gas emissions compared to any other source of power generation plant. The proposed SWTE facility is equipped with the proven air pollution control technologies to comply with the most recent Environmental Quality (Clean Air) Regulations 2014. Beginning August 2012, KA had been granted a license by the DOE to treat and dispose clinical waste by thermal treatment at the WMC. Currently, there are five (5) companies namely Edgenta Mediserve Sdn. Bhd. (formerly known as Faber Medi-Serve Sdn. Bhd.), Medivest Sdn. Bhd. (formerly known as Pantai Medivest Sdn. Bhd.), Clinwaste (M) Sdn. Bhd. (formerly known as Radicare Sdn. Bhd.), Sedafiat Sdn. Bhd. and One Medicare Sdn. Bhd. has recently signed the new concession agreement with Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH) which specifies all necessary conducts for healthcare waste treatment and disposal mainly for government institutions.